You Can Still Give The Gift Of Shakespeare

The online shopping portion of the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is still going! You can still make a donation to the ISC as a gift in someone else's name up through December 31, 2013. A variety of gift options are available that will provide support for our upcoming productions and new and existing educational outreach programs. Just visit www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org and make your purchase.

Our gifts are:

$5: will help make a costume for a child to wear in our "Shakespeare Lane" program at the Family Reading Partnership's annual Bookfest for Kids.

$10: will put a board in the stage for our outdoor summer Shakespeare shows at Cornell Plantations.

$15: will help create the special effects to bring the storm and magic of The Tempest to life in February.

$25: will help a child learn to love Shakespeare at our new Shakespeare for Kids Camp coming this July in conjunction with our summer performances.

Open Gift: Choose any amount to help Ithaca Shakespeare continue to offer clear, exciting Shakespeare to audiences of all ages!

2014 Is Almost Here...

...and so is our 2014 season! In fact, we're making plans now for our next three years of programming. So without further ado we present...

2014-2016: SHAKESPEAREAN MILESTONES

2014 is the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

In celebration of these anniversaries, the Ithaca Shakespeare Company is embarking on an ambitious 3-year exploration of Shakespearean Milestones, focusing on plays that for various reasons hold a special place among Shakespeare's works:

Shakespeare's late masterpiece, a perfect blend of comedy, drama, romance, and magic. The Tempest also contains a harsh indictment of European colonialism and a speech that might represent Shakespeare's final farewell to his art.

Tickets on sale soon!

There are only six performances, so make your plans now to see this gripping tale of revenge and reconciliation, shipwreck and salvation, storms and spirits, brought to life with all the technical magic of the Hangar Theatre!

The most famous character ever created, in the most famous play of all time...coupled with one of Shakespeare's most delightful romantic comedies.

And coming in 2015-16:Shakespeare's History Cycle

The epic multi-play cycle that might be Shakespeare's greatest achievement — a spectacular series of plays bursting with life, humor, excitement, and intrigue, chronicling the struggles between the houses of York and Lancaster for control of the English throne!